Corset.



A.1.LECOUTRE. coRsE. APPLIQATIO," FILED APR. I3; 19H5.

Patented Oct.V 23, 1917.

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' AUGUSTE J. LEeouTEE, 0F WORCESTER, MASSAcHUSETTS,j lTif figgfgfwffi WORCESTER CorESET co., or WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS;aoioamowbw* MASSACHUSETTS.

T all whom it may concern?,

Be itknown thatLAUeUs'rE J. LEcoUTnE, acitizen of the United States, residing-at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Cor sets, of which the .tollovvingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in corsets, and particularly to, that type of con sets, shown and described in U. Reissue Letters Patent No. 12,838.

The object of my invention is to improve upon the construction of the .corset shown and described yin said Letters Patent, and my invention consists in certain novel features of construetion'of my improvements.

- In my improved constru'qtion'of the corset' referred to, the adjusting straps areunder a sectionofithe corset, at the Afront and sidel Aof the corset-, and are substantially concealed.` An elastic .section is provided, as an additional reducen, which is at the lower part of the corset, at the front and side thereof, and back 'of the adjusting straps, all aswill be hereinafter fully described.

Referrixg to the drawings:-

Figure' is a front, and partial side View of a corset, embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 isla front or plan view of a detached section ofthe corset, shown at the left Fig. 1L'.

Fig.. 3 1s a section, on line 3, 8, Fig. 2', looking in the direction. of arrow o, same figure. l In' thel accompanying drawings, l is a front section of. a corset, having the fastening clasps 1 thereon, Q is the' other front section of the corset, having the studs 2.

thereon. l

isa section having .elastic webbing 3^ therein. T .he section 3 extends from the 'lower edge of the corset nearly to the middle transverse line of the corset, and is preferably attached at its front edge to the inner edge of one of the steel sections o f'the corset, the Section '1, as shown in Fig. 3,' and at its rear edge'to the side Section 4, as V shown in Fig.. 3.

4 4Extending on the outside of the 'webbing section 43, at the upper part thereof,` are the two adjustin straps 5 and, shown by broken 'lines 1n 2. The strap 5 is attached'in this instance to one of the steel sections, asl shown in Fig.V 3 to the section Specification'of Letters Patent.

elastic webbing section,

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eatehteifoettzamama Application 'tiled Apri1f13, 1916. f Serial No.,90,865.

l, and is provided wif. l' free end. The other, this instance to the ed J 4 of the corset, as showijr its free end 6', adapte 5to loop 5"on the strap "5;, i'ii't On theoutside oft and 6, and` extending covering said strap's, 1 s j corset, which prefere fly upper edge of the cor ettothei luvef'el gli, and attached atits rear edge'toa side Section, as 4 in Fig'. 3and at its -front edge to aI front steel section, asl in Fig. The Section has its lower edge, between thelattached, side edges, unattached' and of ,curved shape, as shown at 7 and cut away so as aina-fina e. trl

.not to extendv over-the main part of the 'supporter 8 is attached to the lowerend of the frontv Section l.

The section 7 7 extends over and Substan tially covers the two adjusting straps 5 and 6.v The' ton ues 6 on the straps 6 extend out beyond the detached edgeof-the sectiony 7 toward the rear of the corset, and are adapted to be taken hold of bythe wearer'of' 'the corset, and4 drawn 4back toward the rear of the corset, to adjust the Straps '5 and 6 and cause themv to act as a reducer; w It willbe understood that there-is an two adjusting straps,:and a strap-covering section, at each side or each halfof the corset.

The adjusting straps on each side.of the corset. are substantially concealed by lthe covering section 7 and a tongue 6 on one of each pair of said straps extends on .the outside of the corset and is thus in a position Y -convenient to be taken hold of by 'the user in: drawing Vu .the adjusting straps and act; as an addi-f tional reducer.r v

It will be understood that the details of construction of my improvements maybe varied ifdesired.

Having` thus described my invention,- xvhat I cla-im as new and desire to secure by Letters- Patent is:-

1.111 a corset, the combination with an` elastic webbing section on each side' 'of-the 11o corset at the frontand lower part thereof, and a pairy of adjusting straps on eachl side of the corset and outside of said webbing sections 'and having end portions. extending -on the outside of the corset and thus conveniently. accessible to the -wearer for adjustment, of a section on each front outside of the corset extendin over said adjusting straps and substantial y covering the same.

2. In a corset, the

side, at the front and lower part thereof, ofV a pair of adjusting straps on each side of the corset and overlying said webbing sections, said straps having end portions extending on the outside of the corset and thus conveniently accessible tothe wearer for adjustment, a

section on each front outside of the corset extending over said adjusting straps -and combination With anl i elastic webbing section on each lubstantially covering the same, and looped ose of the corset.

3. In a corset, the combination with a pair of adjusting straps on each side thereof, said straps having end portions extending on the outside of the corset and thus conveniently accessible to the wearer for ad# jus'tment, of a section on each front outside of the corset, these outside sections being independent of and extending over said adjusting straps and substantially covering the same.

AUG. J LECOUTRE.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. DEWEY, MINNA HAAB.

20 supporters attached to said covering sections and to the front sections 

